CIA report reveals U.S. knew Saudi-backed charities tied to terrorism in 1996

Center for Security Policy ^ | July 31st, 2004

[Sabertooth]

The candidate Bush meets with Muslim leaders in Austin, Texas. Abdurahman Alamoudi (right of Bush) heads the sister organization of terror connected IIRO.

A CIA report from 1996, obtained by investigators for the lawyer suing a number of Islamic charities on behalf of victims of the 9/11 attacks, reveals that the U.S. government knew that over one-third of the Islamic charities operating throughout the world were aiding known terrorist groups.

Many of the charities detailed in the report are Saudi-sponsored and official Saudi government charities are implicated in supporting terrorism. These charities include the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) and the Saudi High Commission, the official Saudi government organization for collecting and distributing aid, which the report accuses of ties with Hamas and Algerian extremists.

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In March 2001 Operation Green Quest, the interagency task force searching for terrorist financing, raided the U.S-based Success Foundation, which is alleged to be IIRO?s sister organization. Success is headed by Abdurahman Alamoudi, who has publicly supported Hamas and Hezbollah, and has been invited to White House briefings and met with the President (see picture).

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At the left side of the picture, standing next to President Bush, is Kahled Saffuri, protege of confessed assassination conspirator Abdurahman Alamoudi (also pictured) at the American Muslim Council, and who later co-founded the Islamic Institute with Grover Norquist.

Saffuri has admitted to donating $20,000 to the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), a terror front organization among whose "charities" was the support of the families of homicide bombers in Israel.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Well, I guess this proves ya'll anti-Bush folks were right all along.

[Sabertooth]

Islamic Fifth Columnist Alert

[tet68]

Right, GW was governor of Texas then and Bill Clinton was
President and privy to the CIA?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Well, it looks like Michael Moore is getting help with
Fahrenheit 9-11 Part II

Well, it looks like Michael Moore is getting help with
Fahrenheit 9-11 Part II

[Sabertooth]

Right, GW was governor of Texas then and Bill Clinton was President and privy to the CIA?

You misunderstand, the picture of President Bush with Saffuri and Alamoudi was taken at a meeting in July of 2002...

Through a mix of civil-rights complaints, Old Left-style political coalitions and sheer persistence, Alamoudi helped inch the image of U.S.-based Islamists toward the political mainstream and induced politicians to embrace his organizations. He sought to secure the support first of the Clinton administration in seeking to repeal certain antiterrorist laws, but when Bill Clinton failed to deliver, Alamoudi defected to Bush, then governor of Texas. Alamoudi and other Muslim leaders met with Bush in Austin in July 2002, offering to support his bid for the White House in exchange for Bush's commitment to repeal certain antiterrorist laws.
Alamoudi and Those Bags of Libyan Cash
Posted Insight Magazine | Oct. 13, 2003 | J. Michael Waller

[mylife]

now, here's the rest of the story

[Sabertooth]

Well, I guess this proves ya'll anti-Bush folks were right all along.

The anti-Norquist-the-Islamist-stooge folks were right all along.

However, the "anti-Norquist = anti-Bush" equation is as false now as it ever was when Norquist has used it to try and cover his alarmingly bad judgement.

Cheers

[mass55th]

Is this the same guy in this article? This NewsMax article from 2000 states he was an advisor to Hillary on Islamic affairs and also worked for the Clinton State Dept.

The Clintons, Abdurahman Alamoudi, and the Myth of "Moderate" Islam

[sarasota]

Would this qualify as a rope-a-dope? Or luck?

[sgtbono2002]

Now how much is Terry Kerry sending to Muslim charities through the Tides Foundation?

[mylife]

I'm afraid I don't follow you.

It appears from the article I posted that these guys have been courting our gov for 10 years, but are receiving serious inquiry and being indited under the current administration

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Good point.

A "pre-Bush ABDURAHMAN ALAMOUDI" (this article) and a "post-Bush ABDURAHMAN ALAMOUDI" (your link).

[philman_36]

(The roar of the masses could be farts)
Are they aimed in a general direction?

[mass55th]

He also donated to Hillary's campaign and Cynthia McKinney's as well.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/523108/posts

[RedBloodedAmerican]

However, the "anti-Norquist = anti-Bush" equation is as false now as it ever was when Norquist has used it to try and cover his alarmingly bad judgement.

Agreed!

[mylife]

Are they aimed in a general direction?

No, its a cacophany of aimless wind ;^)

[philman_36]

My own thoughts on this whole sordid affair at WHAT SAY YOU NOW, GROVER NORQUIST? by Michelle Malkin

[Sabertooth]

A "pre-Bush ABDURAHMAN ALAMOUDI" (this article) and a "post-Bush ABDURAHMAN ALAMOUDI" (your link).

Incorrect again. The pic in the article is from July of 2002. That's when Bush met Alamoudi.

Alamoudi had already been a widely controversial figure at that point, declaring in fron of the White House that he was a supporter of Hamas in December of 2000.

Alamoudi's penetration into the circles of power was bipartisan.